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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Category: Museums - Zagreb Attractions & Activities
Address: 19 Nikola Šubić Zrinski Sq, Zagreb 10000
The Archaelogical Museum is one of Zagreb's most important institutions, with rich exhibits presented in five collections. Among the best known of its treasures are the bandages of the Zagreb mummy (a linen book which is the world's longest Etruscan inscription), the exquisite Head of a Solin girl, and the Vučedol dove. The museum courtyard...
Category: Museums - Zagreb Attractions & Activities
Address: Trg kralja Tomislava 22, Zagreb 10000
This unmissable landmark (especially if you arrive by train, for it, along with King Tomislav and his horse, dominates Tomislav Square) should be inspected not only for contemporary art exhibitions, but also for its remarkable glass-domed interior and for its history. The building debuted in 1896 at the international exhibition in Budapest where...
Category: Museums - Zagreb Attractions & Activities
Address: Sv. Ćirila i Metoda 3, Zagreb 10000
Having originated in Croatia in the early decades of the 20th century, Naive Art is unique in its democratic stance, namely that everyone has the right to artistic expression. This museum mainly features Croatian artists, many of the original Hlebine School, but also includes some foreign representatives. Joyful, expressive, childish, dark,...
Croatian Natural History Museum
Category: Museums - Zagreb Attractions & Activities
Address: Demetrova 1, Zagreb 10000
Charming antiquated glassed cabinets and dusty taxidermy in all its gory glory should delight both clever kids and childish adults. Rocks, herbs and mammals from the country and beyond join Croatian endemic species to make this one a memorable experience. Don't miss the exhibit that showcases Krapina Man – the remains of a colony of Neanderthals...
Category: Museums - Zagreb Attractions & Activities
Address: Trg Mažuranića 14, Zagreb 10000
This often overlooked Zagreb museum is handily located on the tree-lined stretch from the National Theatre and very near Mimara Museum and the Museum of Arts and Crafts. Expect your visit to forge an even deeper understanding of Croatians and indeed your fellow man in general. For here you will find folk costumes, instruments, ornaments and...
Category: Museums - Zagreb Attractions & Activities
Address: Mletačka 8, Zagreb 10000
After seeing Meštrović's work all around the city, round out the experience with a visit to this blissfully serene place. It was the artist's home at the beginning of 20th century, and this is where he created some of his best known work. In 1952 he bequeathed it to the then People's Republic of Croatia; it now houses a permanent...
Category: Museums - Zagreb Attractions & Activities
Address: Jezuitski trg 4, Zagreb 10000
When this former 18th-century Jesuit monastery officially became an art gallery in 1982 it was to permanently stage an extensive Mimara display. Instead it developed into a platform for the most prestigious art collections that pass these shores on their way to other European capitals. Its exhibition space also comprises Lotršćak Tower,...
Category: Museums - Zagreb Attractions & Activities
Address: Trg Franklina Roosevelta, Zagreb 10000
When the avid collector, painter and businessman Ante Topić Mimara and his wife donated their huge collection of varied artifacts and objects d'art spanning almost three millennia to his home city and the Croatian people, it was agreed that it would be housed in a designated and fittingly impressive building. Well, this neo-Renaissance former...
Category: Museums - Zagreb Attractions & Activities
Address: Savska cesta 18, Zagreb 10000
Years of school trips have not diminished the sense of wonder and joy this place gives to Zagreb's big and little boys and girls. Where else can you find this cornucopia of 19th-century fire engines, old fighter planes, a 1930s diving suit, planetarium AND the opportunity to climb into a WWII Italian submarine? If you book a guided tour (for tours...
Category: Museums - Zagreb Attractions & Activities
Address: Opatička ulica 20, Zagreb 10000
Here in Old Town, all the stories you have read or heard from enthusiastic Zagrebians come together and may finally make sense. This is cleverly done using city models and interactive displays that trace the city's development from earliest days until now. A special part of the exhibition is dedicated to the scenes and circumstances of the mortar...
